Baker College vs Riverland Community College

Owosso, MI · Austin, MN · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair MI:MN

MIXED-SECTOR · CROSS-STATE · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-GAP · GAP-DEBT

  • MIXED-SECTOR Mixed sector
  • CROSS-STATE MI × MN
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-GAP Completion gap
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Baker College: enrollment ranged 3,026–24,023 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Riverland Community College: enrollment shrank -24.5% over 2013–2023; fitted -47 students/yr fitted, r² 0.60.
  • Baker College: net price ranged $11,710–$15,171 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change +29.6% is not a trend (r² 0.38).
  • Riverland Community College: net price ranged $8,463–$10,217 across 11 years (2013–2023); endpoint change -17.2% is not a trend (r² 0.37).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Baker College vs Riverland Community College

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA Riverland Community College leads on median debt at graduation ($12,000 vs $25,000 at Baker College)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION Riverland Community College leads on in-state tuition ($6,298 vs $13,000 at Baker College)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI Riverland Community College leads on out-of-state tuition ($6,298 vs $13,000 at Baker College)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between Baker College and Riverland Community College?▼
Riverland Community College leads on median debt at graduation at $12,000 versus $25,000 at Baker College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between Baker College and Riverland Community College?▼
Riverland Community College leads on in-state tuition at $6,298 versus $13,000 at Baker College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between Baker College and Riverland Community College?▼
Riverland Community College leads on out-of-state tuition at $6,298 versus $13,000 at Baker College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median debt at graduation focus for this pair · 2025